The GIGABYTE X570 Aorus Xtreme Motherboard Review: Fanless AM4
by Gavin Bonshor on September 24, 2019 9:00 AM ESTGaming Performance
For X570 we are running using Windows 10 64-bit with the 1903 update as per our Ryzen 3000 CPU review.
World of Tanks enCore
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for a new and unreleased graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine will implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine run optimally on their system.
Grand Theft Auto V
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA in tow to help optimize the title. GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine under DirectX 11. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
For our test we have scripted a version of the in-game benchmark. The in-game benchmark consists of five scenarios: four short panning shots with varying lighting and weather effects, and a fifth action sequence that lasts around 90 seconds. We use only the final part of the benchmark, which combines a flight scene in a jet followed by an inner city drive-by through several intersections followed by ramming a tanker that explodes, causing other cars to explode as well. This is a mix of distance rendering followed by a detailed near-rendering action sequence, and the title thankfully spits out frame time data.
F1 2018
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained; otherwise, we should see any newer versions of Codemasters' EGO engine find its way into F1. Graphically demanding in its own right, F1 2018 keeps a useful racing-type graphics workload in our benchmarks.
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained. We use the in-game benchmark, set to run on the Montreal track in the wet, driving as Lewis Hamilton from last place on the grid. Data is taken over a one-lap race.
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Kurosaki - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Yes, but where do the M2 ssd's go?! :DKWottrich - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Two between the PCIe slots (there are screws to open up panels in the metal plate covering the lower part of the board), and one on the back. The one on the back is the one that disables 2 SATA ports if used, as noted in the final page of the article.Aenra - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Am now wondering if this is the same "reviewer" responsible for the semi-recent Supermicro review.If so, hardly surprised. And regardless.. a 3700X? Seriously? You pick up a behemoth and test it, how? With a 3700X.. well done; again, if it's indeed the same person. Why not a 3400G? I mean it's AM4 and everything, right?
(and if it is the same person, chances are that as with the previous article, i'd find even more glaring issues to name, except this time i can't even bother to read it all; stopped at '3700X')
This site does amazing hard drive reviews; very good CPU reviews; exceptional editorials; but needs some serious love in its mobo review department. It's honestly a shame, stands out compared to the rest.
Respectfully, your average lurker.
shabby - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
What would be the point in testing a 12/16 core? Any x570 board can run one at 4.3ghz+, the board isn't the bottleneck it's the cpu.Death666Angel - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
"semi-recent Supermicro review" If we mean the same thing (C9Z390-PGW), then that review was February 1st. We have very different meanings of "semi-recent" then. And it was also Gavin Bonshor who did that review.imaheadcase - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
If you can't even bother to read the reviewer name in top of article and compare it to another article, and can't read past a single word in this article. What are you even doing here if can't finish simple things.TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
What would you suggest then smart guy? A 3800x that hits the same clock rates +/- 25 MHz? A 3900x that nobody can get ahold of and will hit the SAME clock ceiling?Go back to lurking.
SSTANIC - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
They have been testing it with a 3950X, but its launch and NDA (Sep 30th) have been postponed to November..Smell This - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
"As it currently stands, the GIGABYTE X570 Aorus Xtreme includes the best power delivery of any X570 motherboard we have seen so far in our testing."_____________________________________________________________
Uhhh .... yeah. It thumped the competition, hands down. Nice job, GB.
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Unless they're including a right angle adapter I think the side pointed 24-pin ATX connector is risky idea. If you're running the cable on the same side of the mobo-tray as the board it's not an issue, but most high end cases today route the cables behind the board with holes just outside. 24 pin cables are really stiff if the wires are bundled together; I had a board with a 90 power plug a about a decade ago (was either LGA1366 or S939) of years ago and the all in a single bundle cable from the PSU wouldn't make the bend; I ended up having to run a big loop into the drive bay area and ended up with more of the cable sticking out than for a conventional top down plugin. Even with that the cable was still very difficult to bend into place to insert and was putting a lot of tension onto the board trying to lift it up from the tray afterward. Individually sleeved wire designs might be OK if you've got a long length from the plug to the last point they're zip-tied together, but a standard fat bundle is asking for trouble.